Are the old messages we may've had gone?

I see from your blue link that I can still log into the old site to access messages.  How long will that ability remain?

Thanks for all your time here, I'm sure this is a ton of work!

@nebish the old site will remain up indefinitely.

The new Private Message system is so different I don't see a way to import the old ones, unfortunately.  I'll keep digging though.

I guess you can think of it as a fresh start

I looked further into migrating private messages.  It is possible, but it's challenging and carries the possibility of one member's messages going into someone else's inbox.  Just not willing to take that chance since the old site is still accessible.    Thanks for understanding,

Rowland

Posted by: @rowland

I looked further into migrating private messages.  It is possible, but it's challenging and carries the possibility of one member's messages going into someone else's inbox.  Just not willing to take that chance since the old site is still accessible.    Thanks for understanding,

Rowland

Perfectly fine as long as the old messages are available, I don't think they are needed on both sites.

is there some sort of alert when we get a PM?

@stormyrider yes, you will get an email to your account email address notifying you of a new PM.

Also, you can turn off notifications on a per-PM basis by clicking the gear icon next to the message selecting "Turn off"

thx

I seem to use this a lot.  It looks like a nice upgrade.  Thanks

Struggling a little with the new system. Two fields at top, title & member. After sending, when I view this message, only the title appears next to the icon, not the person I sent it to. Is the name hidden or did the pm not get sent?

Posted by: @jsdonnan

Struggling a little with the new system. Two fields at top, title & member. After sending, when I view this message, only the title appears next to the icon, not the person I sent it to. Is the name hidden or did the pm not get sent?

Click the icon with three people to the left of the title.  The drop-down shows who received your PM, and has an "Add People" button you can click to add more people to the conversation.  Private messages can be 1:1, or can be among several people, a "conversation."  Just like emails.

The new Peachbook system has its own Private Messages.  We have made that the primary Private Message system for the site.

You can still access these the PM's you sent or received in the Forum PM system at https://allmanbrothersband.com/community/messages/

Thanks!

Rowland

@rowland Is there a place you can pin that link so we don't have to hunt for it while we get used to the new ride?

@photoron286 

Click the My Profile link in the Forum menu bar, then click the Messages link and that takes you to the "old" PM system.

There's an annual fee to keep it alive that I probably will not renew next August, so please use the new PM system for messages going forward.

Cheers,

Rowland

@rowland My only concern is the large number of addresses I accumulated over the years. My conversations with Bobo I saved to a Word doc.

@photoron286 Sounds like you are referring to the Private Message system on the "old" site - the "blue" one.  Those are still accessible - the site is at 

https://blue.allmanbrothersband.com and you can login and access your PM's there just as before.  Any problems shoot me a note and I'll figure it out.  I say that because changing the URL to "blue.allmanbrothersband.com" might break a few things and it would take me ten years to test everything!

@rowland

I got an email saying I have a private message. I logged onto the site and under notifications and messages I can't find anything. Thanks

never mind. After I typed this a message popped up. I guess there is a delay

Thanks for your efforts!